Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Yangtze giant softshell turtles thrive in muddy water and can weigh up to 90 kg (200 pounds) One of the world’s rarest turtles, a Yangtze giant softshell, has died in China, leaving just three known survivors of the species. The female turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) died in Suzhou zoo…
A fundraising campaign in Australia has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to stop Aboriginal women from being imprisoned because of unpaid fines. Campaigners say the “unjust” law in Western Australia is having a crippling impact on families living in poverty. It affects a hugely disproportionate number of indigenous Australians.The BBC met some women in…
Image copyright PA Officers opened fire in west London on Saturday morning during an incident involving a car that was colliding with vehicles, the Metropolitan Police has said.The Ukrainian embassy said its ambassador’s vehicle was “deliberately rammed” as it sat parked outside the building in Holland Park.When officers arrived on the scene, a car was…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Relatives mourned the dead outside hospital on Friday Dozens of men, women and children from Pakistan’s minority Hazara community have held a protest in the city of Quetta demanding better security. The sit-in started hours after 24 people were killed and dozens injured in a bomb blast at a vegetable…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Migrants rest on the rescue ship Alan Kurdi Four EU countries have agreed to take in 64 African migrants who were rescued after being stranded in the Mediterranean Sea for almost two weeks.The Alan Kurdi ship, operated by the German humanitarian group Sea-Eye, had been refused entry by Italy and…
Image copyright AFP/HO/SUDAN TV Image caption Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan adopted a more conciliatory tone on TV The leader of Sudan’s interim military council has vowed to “uproot the regime” two days after a military coup.Speaking on TV, Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan announced the restructuring of state institutions, the end of a night…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption’I thought we would be treated differently in US’ Up to 2,700 children in Central America will be allowed to reunite with their parents living under protected status in the US, a court has ruled.It follows a lawsuit that challenged the Trump administration’s cancellation of a programme…
Image copyright Sue Burrell Image caption Sue Burrell no longer has severe bouts of pain. Doctors have used a new type of medicine called “gene silencing” to reverse a disease that leaves people in crippling pain. The condition, acute intermittent porphyria, also causes paralysis and is fatal in some cases. The novel approach fine-tunes the…
Image copyright Getty Images More than 70 MPs and peers have signed a letter urging the home secretary to ensure Julian Assange faces authorities in Sweden if they want his extradition.The Wikileaks founder, who is now in UK custody, was arrested on Thursday after years in Ecuador’s London embassy.Sweden is considering whether to reopen an…
Image copyright US Consumer Product Safety Commission Toymaker Fisher-Price has recalled nearly five million of its Rock ‘n Play Sleepers after reports linked the product to dozens of baby deaths.The recall was announced by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Friday.On its website, the commission said at least 30 infants had died in…